I have an amazing daughter that is turning six shortly. My husband I have been married for 10 years, living together for 17. We live in Newport, Rhode Island. I enjoy skiing, reading, playing tennis, going to the beach and eating good food. I run an organization called The Capacity Group, which has a mission to build the capacity of nonprofits, foundations and public agencies to better serve their communities. I have an undergraduate degree in Communications and an MBA. I am currently working on my PhD in education. I have raised millions of dollars for nonprofits and developed nationally recognized programming for vulnerable populations from the ground up. I am passionate about improving our communities. I grew up in the foster care system so I have a particular interest in disenfranchised or marginalized populations. I believe that we each contribute to the problems we face whether it is through action or inaction. I succeeded in educational environments despite my home life and I have always thought deeply about those who do not succeed. My interest in education and education reform is focused on how to improve schools so they better meet the needs of all, regardless of their circumstances. I am concerned about offering an education that helps individuals become productive, contributing members of a democratic society and also helps them live more full lives as individual human beings.
My Strength
I think that I am fairly good at planning for change by engaging multiple perspectives. I like getting the perspectives of different people and helping to develop a plan that meets the needs of the largest number and also connects to larger research around best approaches. I often find that people have a lot more in common than they think and are also fairly reasonable when presented with clear evidence. Even those that seem most at odds with each other, when you talk to them one on one, present objective evidence and uncover their underlying concerns, you often can find a lot of common ground. I enjoy doing this and I think I am good at it. My evidence for believing this is a strength is that I see positive social change as a result and I receive positive feedback from those I have worked with in these settings. This feedback has come from all backgrounds: community members, front line workers, administrators and executives. Some of that feedback has been through conversations and some of it has been through surveys and other methods. I am brought back by those I have worked with before and I am referred by them to other groups.
Julie DiBari
Link to Profile Page: EDC 503 Su12 Personal Profile - JulieD
Link to 2012 RI Kids Count Data on Median Income: http://www.rikidscount.org/matriarch/documents/2012_Factbook_FINAL.pdf
About Me
I have an amazing daughter that is turning six shortly. My husband I have been married for 10 years, living together for 17. We live in Newport, Rhode Island. I enjoy skiing, reading, playing tennis, going to the beach and eating good food. I run an organization called The Capacity Group, which has a mission to build the capacity of nonprofits, foundations and public agencies to better serve their communities. I have an undergraduate degree in Communications and an MBA. I am currently working on my PhD in education. I have raised millions of dollars for nonprofits and developed nationally recognized programming for vulnerable populations from the ground up. I am passionate about improving our communities. I grew up in the foster care system so I have a particular interest in disenfranchised or marginalized populations. I believe that we each contribute to the problems we face whether it is through action or inaction. I succeeded in educational environments despite my home life and I have always thought deeply about those who do not succeed. My interest in education and education reform is focused on how to improve schools so they better meet the needs of all, regardless of their circumstances. I am concerned about offering an education that helps individuals become productive, contributing members of a democratic society and also helps them live more full lives as individual human beings.
My Strength
I think that I am fairly good at planning for change by engaging multiple perspectives. I like getting the perspectives of different people and helping to develop a plan that meets the needs of the largest number and also connects to larger research around best approaches. I often find that people have a lot more in common than they think and are also fairly reasonable when presented with clear evidence. Even those that seem most at odds with each other, when you talk to them one on one, present objective evidence and uncover their underlying concerns, you often can find a lot of common ground. I enjoy doing this and I think I am good at it. My evidence for believing this is a strength is that I see positive social change as a result and I receive positive feedback from those I have worked with in these settings. This feedback has come from all backgrounds: community members, front line workers, administrators and executives. Some of that feedback has been through conversations and some of it has been through surveys and other methods. I am brought back by those I have worked with before and I am referred by them to other groups.